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EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
wiley   +1 more source

Syngenta -- The Genome Giant? [PDF]

, 2005
Swiss gene giant Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemical corporation and third largest seed company (see tables) has applied for patents that could effectively allow the company to monopolize key gene sequences that are vital for rice breeding as well

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Yahoo and Democracy on the Internet [PDF]

, 2001
This article examines the French court order requiring Yahoo to prevent French Internet users from accessing images of Nazi memorabilia available for auction on the company\u27s American web site.
Reidenberg, Joel R.
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Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

A “Tech First” Approach to Foreign Policy? The Three Meanings of Tech Diplomacy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars have recently argued that international politics is plagued by instability as the world rapidly transitions from one crisis to another. This state of “Permacrisis,” or permanent crises between states, is driven by technological innovations which create new kinds of crises and drive competitions between adversarial states.
Ilan Manor
wiley   +1 more source

The sovereignty-internationalism paradox in AI governance: digital federalism and global algorithmic control

Discover Artificial Intelligence
This study examines the sovereignty-internationalism paradox in AI governance, which encapsulates the tension between state control over algorithmic systems and the necessity of transnational collaboration to regulate borderless technologies.
Artur Ishkhanyan
doaj   +1 more source

STRENGTHENING DIGITAL LITERACY TOWARDS INDONESIAN DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY

JIPOWER : Journal of Intellectual Power
Digital Literacy is closely related to the use of digital technology and user readiness in utilizing digital technology. Mastery of technological and information advances makes humans think more creatively and innovatively. The ability of users in digital literacy includes the ability to create, use, create, utilize and evaluate the appropriate use of ...
null Benny Ranti, null K.P. Suharyono S. Hadiningrat, null Yosi Widhayanti   +2 more
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Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

Studying Tech Diplomacy—Introduction to the Special Issue on Tech Diplomacy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on tech diplomacy, exploring its emergence and evolution as a distinct approach to global affairs in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Originating with Denmark's 2017 “TechPlomacy” initiative, tech diplomacy has gained global momentum, with over two dozen countries adopting
Corneliu Bjola, Markus Kornprobst
wiley   +1 more source

Tech Diplomacy and the Digital International Order: The Case of the EU–U.S. Trade and Technology Council

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the evolving role of the U.S.–EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in advancing the EU's digital diplomacy, with a particular focus on its contribution to global digital ordering. Positioned at the intersection of normative engagement and regulatory coordination, the TTC operates as a hybrid mechanism that integrates ...
Corneliu Bjola, Raluca Csernatoni
wiley   +1 more source